in new york, we have 2474 applications received. we have 105 that have been approved, and 12 loans have been dispersed. the average loan, according to the documents preparing for this hearing, it was $13,000. i understand the loan amount have increased. this is real moving target. every 24 hours, these numbers move. the average business loan was $1116. hurricane rita was 135,000, hurricane ike was 129,000. hurricane isaac was 139. and yet we are at a lower number for others. but i want the members of this committee to know and for the administrators to know that my eyes are on the results, not the process and not how many people we have in the field. my eyes are going to be for the next year with the help of this committee. i think i have the support of both republicans and democrats on the results of getting loans quickly into the hands of businesses for. it is impossible for these communities to recover without small business leading the way. it is just not going to happen. homeowners can rebuild. but if there are no gas stations